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Recently I visited Mitaki-en, a cosy restaurant complex in a magical forest setting near the beginning of Therapy Road, not far from the town of Chizu in Tottori Prefecture. I spotted a wooden ball covered by its own little wooden roof hanging under the eaves. A Japanese friend, Natsuki from Tottori city, told me that it is called a ‘sugi-dama’ or ‘cedar ball’, made from cedar needles and twigs, and symbolising hope and peace. Continue reading Sugidama: a cedar ball